Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, 1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky in a new archival wrap.
The book is in Near Fine condition with spotless boards, strong title ink on a straight spine, some light smudges on page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, rolled spine ends, a bump to the back edge, and two rounded corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with no other marks, inscriptions or signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with price on the front flap and mild surface and edge wear. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
Idris has neither aged nor slept since they remade him in the war. And one of humanity’s heroes now scrapes by on a freelance salvage vessel, to avoid the attention of greater powers. After earth was destroyed, mankind created a fighting elite to save their species, enhanced humans such as Idris. In the silence of space they could communicate, mind-to-mind, with the enemy. Then their alien aggressors, the Architects, simply disappeared—and Idris and his kind became obsolete.
Now, fifty years later, Idris and his crew have discovered something strange abandoned in space. It’s clearly the work of the Architects—but are they returning? And if so, why? Hunted by gangsters, cults and governments, Idris and his crew race across the galaxy hunting for answers. For they now possess something of incalculable value, that many would kill to obtain.
Ships promptly in a corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
